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egypt's elections committee has said it will announce on tuesday the official results off of votes on the constitution. nearly 2/3 of egyptians voted in favor of the draft charter. >> from the beginning the national salvation front said this constitution does not represent the people. this constitution is not one of national consensus, but of national division. our position is to fight and until we change this constitution and replace it with another. >> iny and, two senior policeman have been suspended in connection with the gang rape of a student on a bus in new delhi. they said they failed to carry out their duties. protests are continuing despite police crackdowns. >> undeterred by the block aids in high security, protesters took the streets in new delhi for another day. authorities shot roads and metro stations to try to keep the crowds under control. these demonstrations have taken on a momentum of their own. the protests have spread to at least five other states in india including mumbai and bang lower. -- langelor. the prime minute stir addressed the nation promising his gover
egypt's elections committee has said it will announce on tuesday the official results off of votes on the constitution. nearly 2/3 of egyptians voted in favor of the draft charter. >> from the beginning the national salvation front said this constitution does not represent the people. this constitution is not one of national consensus, but of national division. our position is to fight and until we change this constitution and replace it with another. >> iny and, two senior...
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ideally it should be through elections. but how you hold elections when 60% of the territory is lost? number two, there is so much insecurity. i for one feel if you hold elections these islamic groups who are destroying mausoleums and tombs will destroy the how do we ensure security? even if the work is done, politicians are very divided. i can easily see some of them claiming they were cheated, just like we saw in " the war where the elections were impeccable. so i think it will be difficult to have acceptable elections. it seems to me you have to establish a minimum amounts of securities so you could hold elections. they're much like -- >> chile issued an alert over an active volcano on the border of argentina. it began admitting smoke and ash nearly a, there in the skies sunday. people living on the slopes are warned they might have to evacuate their homes. sri lanka is bracing for more heavy rain. it comes after flooding and landslides left at least 42 people dead. more than 17,000 taking shelter in relief camps. floodi
ideally it should be through elections. but how you hold elections when 60% of the territory is lost? number two, there is so much insecurity. i for one feel if you hold elections these islamic groups who are destroying mausoleums and tombs will destroy the how do we ensure security? even if the work is done, politicians are very divided. i can easily see some of them claiming they were cheated, just like we saw in " the war where the elections were impeccable. so i think it will be...
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where he was the only one running for another seven-year term, and i met with him in the election process. he had a kind of cathartic moment or he really started -- i could see he believe the propaganda. i remember thinking specifically to myself that he is president for life. he drank the kool-aid. power is an aphrodisiac and rather than changing the system that many of us had hoped from the very beginning, they're out there tyrian system had changed him. >> the killing of his inner circle yesterday and what this means as it comes closer and closer to the palace, can you talk about how his father ruled and the killing particularly of the massacre of thousands in hama? do you think we could see anything like this happening all at once? i mean, thousands have already been killed. >> that is my big fear right now in the wake of the bombing yesterday. the regime is going to come out, as we saw in the interview or the statement by the minister of information in syria, he said they would punish whoever did this. all authoritarian regimes always want to be seen as strong an acting from a positi
where he was the only one running for another seven-year term, and i met with him in the election process. he had a kind of cathartic moment or he really started -- i could see he believe the propaganda. i remember thinking specifically to myself that he is president for life. he drank the kool-aid. power is an aphrodisiac and rather than changing the system that many of us had hoped from the very beginning, they're out there tyrian system had changed him. >> the killing of his inner...
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texas hopes to implement before the november elections. a three-judge panel here the ground backing case, which could challenge the landmark voting rights act of 1965, a cherished safeguard for minority voters. in march, the department of justice blocked texas' voter id law saying it will disenfranchise at least 600,000 voters -- a disproportionate number of which are latinos and other minorities. this is u.s. attorney general eric holder speaking in april at reverend al sharpton's national action network 14th and a convention. >> we will continue to up all discriminatory practice and defend section 5 of the voting rights acts. that may be clear. this administration will do what ever is necessary to ensure the continued viability of the voting rights act. our nation's most important civil-rights statute. [applause] >> however, supporters of voter id laws claim such measures are crucial for preventing voter fraud. this is republican governor rick perry of texas defending his state's voter id law on fox news. >> we had multiple cases where v
texas hopes to implement before the november elections. a three-judge panel here the ground backing case, which could challenge the landmark voting rights act of 1965, a cherished safeguard for minority voters. in march, the department of justice blocked texas' voter id law saying it will disenfranchise at least 600,000 voters -- a disproportionate number of which are latinos and other minorities. this is u.s. attorney general eric holder speaking in april at reverend al sharpton's national...
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the council decided it had found a suitable replacement, and was elected. he appears to be a consensus builder and enjoyed popularity with the very important kurdish minority. we hope under his leadership, the syrian national council to reorganize and overcome some of the difficulties it was phasing in the past. >> your response, patrick seale? >> rafif jouejati does not seem to be in close touch with the syrian national council. it is -- its official policy is to call for foreign intervention. they cannot do the job by themselves. that is why these rebels are trying desperately to provoke the regime into massacres. , it wille's strategy not tolerate pockets of armed rebels on its territory so it is going all-out to exterminate them. so the more the rebels are armed, the more bloodshed the world be. and the more is needed to support kofi annan and every possible way to encourage the holding of a big international conference in moscow, perhaps, with both sides represented, stop the bloodshed and start talking. that is what the international community should
the council decided it had found a suitable replacement, and was elected. he appears to be a consensus builder and enjoyed popularity with the very important kurdish minority. we hope under his leadership, the syrian national council to reorganize and overcome some of the difficulties it was phasing in the past. >> your response, patrick seale? >> rafif jouejati does not seem to be in close touch with the syrian national council. it is -- its official policy is to call for foreign...
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aung san suu kyi was elected to burma's's parliament last month. the former communications director for british prime minister david cameron has been detained by police on suspicion of perjury in the latest case connected to allegations of phone hacking in rupert murdoch 's media empire. andy coulson served as editor of murdoch's now defunct news of the world tabloid before working for cameron and now being held for questioning over evidence to give as a witness and the 2010 perjury trial of the scottish politician tommy sheridan. mitt romney has officially wrapped up the republican presidential nomination following his primary win in texas. bronner's opponents had already conceded the race, but his texas victory formally gives him the more than 1100 delegates needed for the nomination. he will be formally nominated at the republican convention in florida in august. a group of roughly two dozen african american pilots have sued united airlines saying they have been passed over for promotions because of their ethnicity. filed in san francisco federa
aung san suu kyi was elected to burma's's parliament last month. the former communications director for british prime minister david cameron has been detained by police on suspicion of perjury in the latest case connected to allegations of phone hacking in rupert murdoch 's media empire. andy coulson served as editor of murdoch's now defunct news of the world tabloid before working for cameron and now being held for questioning over evidence to give as a witness and the 2010 perjury trial of...
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as you know, in 2008, with the first party elections. i was fortunate to be elected then. we were able to overturn the power of maumoon abdul gayoom could been in power for 30 years. we're understanding now it is easy to be a dictator, but not so much easier to get him to jump ship. the intricacies, the institutions, and everything the dictatorship has established remains, even after the elections. on february 6 -- rather, february 7, on the night of february 6, i ask the military to restrain 200 riot police who were rebelling. these 200 riot police were established in 2005, specifically, to disrupt the peaceful demonstrations of the to market a party at the time. when we came into government, in essence, we fired them or rather stopped using them. we have been scattered across the island and other islands as well, because we had no use to you so much force. annoying to me, the opposition, rather, the dictatorship were talking to these people. on the seventh, they staged a rebellion. they were sitting -- the protest in and the public square. i ask the military to restrain
as you know, in 2008, with the first party elections. i was fortunate to be elected then. we were able to overturn the power of maumoon abdul gayoom could been in power for 30 years. we're understanding now it is easy to be a dictator, but not so much easier to get him to jump ship. the intricacies, the institutions, and everything the dictatorship has established remains, even after the elections. on february 6 -- rather, february 7, on the night of february 6, i ask the military to restrain...
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this governor was now the president-elect and will be the president-elect will be dealing with. he was covering up corruption, cast himself as a modern, new leader of the pre party but was basically in the same mold of the leaders of the corrupt party. so now you have a candidate's unvarnished assessment of our country, and that is worth having. that will create more pressure on him and will certainly give mexicans and americans knowledge of the way that our diplomats saw him early on. >> last year, we covered the return of the honduran exiled president manuela, after two years in exile. we spoke to the former minister of culture, one of those who returned from haiti to honduras with zelaya. talk about the pressure that the u.s. exerted on the venezuelan president hugo chavez. >> i was repeatedly approached by american military officers and diplomatic personnel who were trying to discover if i was unsure of myself or unrestful with what we're doing in government, plans for the future. repeatedly, the theme that came up was our association with john best and venezuela all seemed
this governor was now the president-elect and will be the president-elect will be dealing with. he was covering up corruption, cast himself as a modern, new leader of the pre party but was basically in the same mold of the leaders of the corrupt party. so now you have a candidate's unvarnished assessment of our country, and that is worth having. that will create more pressure on him and will certainly give mexicans and americans knowledge of the way that our diplomats saw him early on. >>...
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. >> i wanted turn to sheldon adelson's on opinion on funding and presidential elections. in february, he told forbes magazine -- peter stone, your response to adelson's comment in "forbes" magazine? >> i think he became a much more generous donor to conservative groups and republican-leaning groups in 2008, in part because at that time, there were very few mega donors on the right, and republicans felt they needed someone who had done what soros did in 2004, which was contribute over $20 million to some outside democratic groups. i think he has =, if not surpass, soros this year. certainly, soros is doing nothing at all on the national level, anywhere near what adelson is doing. democrats were very concerned for a long time that the word be very little money coming from sorus. he is committed a million dollars to one outside group on the democratic side, but this year, adelson is certainly far surpassed what soros has done in the past. >> as one prominent republican has expressed concern about the source of sheldon adelson's campaign contributions. john mccain noted in an
. >> i wanted turn to sheldon adelson's on opinion on funding and presidential elections. in february, he told forbes magazine -- peter stone, your response to adelson's comment in "forbes" magazine? >> i think he became a much more generous donor to conservative groups and republican-leaning groups in 2008, in part because at that time, there were very few mega donors on the right, and republicans felt they needed someone who had done what soros did in 2004, which was...